Railroad-tie and rail-fastening



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' RAILROAD'TIE AND RAIL FASTENING. Y No. 249,270. Patented Nov. 8.1881.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISHA H. TOBEY, onnnnvnn, COLORADO.

RAILROAD-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,270, dated November 8, 1881. V Application filed April 6,188]. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern .1

Be it known that I, EL-IsHA H. TOBEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties and Rail-Fastenings;

Fig. 2, a section through tie and one chair, the' other chair being in elevation; Fig. 3, an end elevation of the tie with rail thereon; Fig. 4, a perspective of chair detached from the tie, its parts being separated. I

My invention relates to railroadties and rail-fastenings'; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter de-- scribed, and specifically defined by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letterA indicates the channel-iron portion of the tie; B, awooden cushion set therein, and O the chair which rests upon the wooden cushion and holdsthe rails D to the ties. A wooden cushion, B, is set in the channel iron and forms the sup port for the chair 0, which is composed of the two base plates E E, having the jaws F F. The base E rests upon the wooden cushion B, base E upon base E, and the bottom of the rail on base E, while the projecting jaws or either inside or outside lugs F F fit up underneath the tread and on each side of the web of the rail and on every tie, thereby dispensing with the use of the ordinary fish-plate. The chairs are bolted to the tie by one or more bolts, G, which can be placed of the rails and pass through cushion and channel iron. The top edges of the channeliron at. the points where the rails bear on the ties is cutaway or recessed,as at a, so that the rails may be allowed a slight spring on the wood cushion B without touching the edges of thechannel-iron. At the same time, any side thrust or spreading of the track is effectually prevented. The channel-irons can be formed by rolling or bending. The chairs are of cast-iron.

Ties made according to the foregoing description are stronger and more durable than the ties in common use.

Having described my invention, \vhatI claim 1s--- 1. The combination of channel-iron A.wooden cushion B set therein, chair 0, and rail 1),

substantially as set forth.

2. A railroadtie composed of a channel-iron containinga wooden cushion and provided with recessed edges for the reception of the rails, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELISHA H. TOBEY.

Witnesses:

A. P. Paton, H. L. PERRINE. 

